CONTENT PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

• US 20100262994A1
• Filed: 03/25/2010
• Published: 10/14/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: KAWANO, Shinichi, Isozu, Masaaki, Enami, Tsugutomo
• Application Number:
  US12/732,048
• Publication Number:
  US 20100262994A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/39
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4826 using recommendation lists, e.g. of programs or channels sorted out according to their score
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4828 for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8586 by using a URL processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94; information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; URL in broadcast information H04H20/93; Web-based protocols H04L67/02

Abstract

A content processing device includes: a keyword acquiring means for acquiring a keyword for specifying content; a title acquiring means for acquiring a content title; a processing means for processing the acquired title on the basis of a predefined processing rule; a similarity calculating means for calculating similarity between the processed title and the keyword; and an identifying means for identifying content having a title specified by the keyword on the basis of the calculated similarity.

Claims

1. A content processing device comprising:

a keyword acquiring means for acquiring a keyword for specifying content;

a title acquiring means for acquiring a content title;

a processing means for processing the acquired title on the basis of a predefined processing rule;

a similarity calculating means for calculating similarity between the processed title and the keyword; and

an identifying means for identifying content having a title specified by the keyword on the basis of the calculated similarity.

2. The content processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:

an updating means for updating the processing rule.

3. The content processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the processing rule includes:

a normalization rule to be used for a normalization process which deletes an unnecessary character included in a content title or converts a character style or a character attribute; and

a reconfiguration rule to be used for a reconfiguration process which couples or deletes a character string of the content title normalized by the normalization process.

4. The content processing device according to claim 3,

wherein the content title is a content title included in EPG data, and

wherein the normalization rule includes a rule which deletes a character string representing a broadcast episode in EPG data.

5. The content processing device according to claim 4,

wherein a recording reservation of the identified content is set on the basis of the EPG data.

6. The content processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a second processing means for processing the acquired keyword on the basis of a predefined processing rule.

7. The content processing device according to claim 6,

wherein the similarity calculating means calculates similarity between the processed keyword and the title, and

wherein the identifying means identifies a keyword for specifying the title on the basis of the calculated similarity.

8. A content processing method comprising the steps of:

acquiring a keyword for specifying content;

acquiring a content title;

processing the acquired title on the basis of a predefined processing rule;

calculating similarity between the processed title and the keyword; and

identifying content having a title specified by the keyword on the basis of the calculated similarity.

9. A program for causing a computer to function as a content processing device, comprising:

a keyword acquiring means for acquiring a keyword for specifying content;

a title acquiring means for acquiring a content title;

a processing means for processing the acquired title on the basis of a predefined processing rule;

a similarity calculating means for calculating similarity between the processed title and the keyword; and

an identifying means for identifying content having a title specified by the keyword on the basis of the calculated similarity.

10. A recording medium to which the program of claim 9 is recorded.

11. A content processing device comprising:

a keyword acquiring means for acquiring a keyword for specifying content;

a title acquiring means for acquiring a content title;

a processing means for processing the acquired keyword on the basis of a predefined processing rule;

a similarity calculating means for calculating similarity between the processed keyword and the title; and

an identifying means for identifying content having a title specified by the keyword on the basis of the calculated similarity.

12. A content processing device comprising:

a keyword acquiring unit configured to acquire a keyword for specifying content;

a title acquiring unit configured to acquire a content title;

a processing unit configured to process the acquired title on the basis of a predefined processing rule;

a similarity calculating unit configured to calculate similarity between the processed title and the keyword; and

an identifying unit configured to identify content having a title specified by the keyword on the basis of the calculated similarity.